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that is real choice of when you can pay for your government health care. host: thank you for your call. guest: you raised a number of important points and it is great to hear your voice from west virginia. i am looking forward to going there soon. we have to include more voices and all the debates prefers presidential debate is coming up in denver and i think we will be in virginia tech before the debate. i know this was the side of the killing of 32 people. the brady campaign against gun violence has waged a campaign to get jim lehrer of pbs who will be posted the first presidential election to ask the question about gun violence. another. you don't hear much debate between the republican candidate mitt romney and president obama -- we will open up the debate and expand the debate as we so often do on "democracy now, "to a third party candidates. we will be in denver, to and we will have third-party candidates responding to the same questions being put to mitt romney and president obama. we will broadcast democracy now.org and on radio as well. you raised
that is real choice of when you can pay for your government health care. host: thank you for your call. guest: you raised a number of important points and it is great to hear your voice from west virginia. i am looking forward to going there soon. we have to include more voices and all the debates prefers presidential debate is coming up in denver and i think we will be in virginia tech before the debate. i know this was the side of the killing of 32 people. the brady campaign against gun...
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voters think that government is intervening too much. between mitt romney's comes and this, this 47% thing is a big figure. latest polls, at 47%. 666. but not all bad news for white house, more people are feeling good or better. consumer nene rising to highest level we've seen since february but feeling worse than a few years ago. same deal with housing, better but bad. home prices in july rising by more than a percent compared to last year, but my own house for example is still the valuation of a cheap stuckey's on i-95. below its peak. by the way, tom a romney superdelegate, very well connected. i agree with you, i think we have gotten used to gets shellacked on the numbers and we're pleasantly surprised when we are not shellacked. >> neil, you are so correct. unfortunately. any number improve, is seen as great. they have done a masterful job in convincing the american people that thing are getting better. but looking at how they are versus where we are, we're have not moved forward. neil: your point wellpointed. that if you gotten use
voters think that government is intervening too much. between mitt romney's comes and this, this 47% thing is a big figure. latest polls, at 47%. 666. but not all bad news for white house, more people are feeling good or better. consumer nene rising to highest level we've seen since february but feeling worse than a few years ago. same deal with housing, better but bad. home prices in july rising by more than a percent compared to last year, but my own house for example is still the valuation...
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th got additional grantsrom the government. had a whe position done is to a white crowd saying a whit president was denying sectio a white part of the community, the press wld be tearing h alive. me ask trent lock. >> areyou saying is also the way esidt obama w speaking at raises eyebrows forou and this shows prent obama iy h regularly porays himself? >> anderson, i'mfrom louisiana, if i were talking to you the way i talk t friends back home, you woul't be abo understand me. >> my dad is mississippi, so i did go a mississippi reunion. >> george bush sounded more uthern below the mason/dixon line. politicians on both sis do that. i fault pandering politician. >> roland, wha do you this ideo? i think is utterly laughable that sean hannity a the rest of the folks make this out to something something thatas written on ne 7th, 6v2007, on cnn.com, was a column i wrote wh the headline called "obama's quiet ots are real." so they want to -- >> quiet riot is a phrase he was using in thism[ very speech. >> no, but my point is i w referen
th got additional grantsrom the government. had a whe position done is to a white crowd saying a whit president was denying sectio a white part of the community, the press wld be tearing h alive. me ask trent lock. >> areyou saying is also the way esidt obama w speaking at raises eyebrows forou and this shows prent obama iy h regularly porays himself? >> anderson, i'mfrom louisiana, if i were talking to you the way i talk t friends back home, you woul't be abo understand me....
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, state government -- let me give you an example. about three months ago, the state voted to take a billion dollars, from education and low income housing. why did he they do that? because they knew that they couldn't put a ballot measure out to raise taxes of people are going to give the money to low income housing. now we have a ballot measure to raise our taxes even more. sales taxes, and of course from state income taxes. young couples can no longer afford to live in a state of california. those are the ones that are leaving for texas, arizona and so forth. >> understand, they put the new budget together in the governor signed it. it was all predicated on facebook. [laughter] all that money was going to take care of the world coming from facebook for it yet, one of the owners from facebook turned in his passport and let the united states of america. we discuss news the other day, the department of water and power is going to increase rates 10%. we are having a shortage of water. they are increasing their rates. there is actually
, state government -- let me give you an example. about three months ago, the state voted to take a billion dollars, from education and low income housing. why did he they do that? because they knew that they couldn't put a ballot measure out to raise taxes of people are going to give the money to low income housing. now we have a ballot measure to raise our taxes even more. sales taxes, and of course from state income taxes. young couples can no longer afford to live in a state of california....
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this is effectively a government takeover and ultimately, a single provider just as the government wanted. >> you know, as we were told, we have to pass a law to find out what is in it. now we found out. >> i do want to defend -- what they are doing is exercising their right not to put u up with federal government restrictions. if they opt out of the exchanges in the medicaid expansion is the supreme court decision allows them to do, we will heed the potential for federalism in which some states have decided to opt out of two major components of the law. you know, opting out of the exchanges and medicaid. they will not be able to fund them. we might see sttes extricate themselves from a lot of the things that they are doing here. neil: i have talked to men and women and they all seem very depressed. but they don't seem like they are enjoying life as a doctor now. i wonder how relevant that is. >> it is pretty rampant. here is the byline to that. to what peter just said, if the states don't extend those exchanges or expand their rosters, remember that the hospitals and doctors working for
this is effectively a government takeover and ultimately, a single provider just as the government wanted. >> you know, as we were told, we have to pass a law to find out what is in it. now we found out. >> i do want to defend -- what they are doing is exercising their right not to put u up with federal government restrictions. if they opt out of the exchanges in the medicaid expansion is the supreme court decision allows them to do, we will heed the potential for federalism in...
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because that is what undergirds this entire debate is how we see the role of government. so romney gets caught on this 47% videos saying, in fact, that there are too many americans who feel entitled to health care, to food, and to housing. they feel entitled to health care, food, and housing. i ask you a direct question. are americans entitled to those three things? >> a good society insures those things for its citizens. and that helps make its citizenry healthy, productive, active and dynamic. and the countries that are successful in this world right now, the country with low unemployment, with the lack of priority, with the skills and the ability to compete internationally, the countries like sweden or germany or the netherlands or denmark or norway, they do not say we have to slash taxes and get rid of government. they say we have to make sure that every child in our country has a chance, has a decent education, has the job skills they need. we have to make sure our roads, our infrastructure, our power grid, we have to make sure we ege investing in cutting ant science
because that is what undergirds this entire debate is how we see the role of government. so romney gets caught on this 47% videos saying, in fact, that there are too many americans who feel entitled to health care, to food, and to housing. they feel entitled to health care, food, and housing. i ask you a direct question. are americans entitled to those three things? >> a good society insures those things for its citizens. and that helps make its citizenry healthy, productive, active and...
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additional grant for the federal government. had a white politician done this to a white crowd crowd, saying a black president was denying funds to a white section of the country as not part of the community, the press would tear him alive. if you don't believe me, ask trent lott. >> is it also the way president obama was speaking? did it raise his eyebrows to you and it shows president obama is different than the way he regularly portrays himself? >> anderson, i'm from louisiana, if i were talking to you the way i talked to friends back home, you wouldn't be able ton me. >> my dad is from mississippi. >> this is a politician pandering to a crowd. george bush would sound more southern below the mason/dixon line. and the right still lamb upons hillary clinton for trying to put on an accent. politicians on both sides do that. >> roland martin what do you make of this obama video? >> i think it's utterly laughable that sean hahnity, daily caller and the rest of these folks are making this out to be significant. something written on
additional grant for the federal government. had a white politician done this to a white crowd crowd, saying a black president was denying funds to a white section of the country as not part of the community, the press would tear him alive. if you don't believe me, ask trent lott. >> is it also the way president obama was speaking? did it raise his eyebrows to you and it shows president obama is different than the way he regularly portrays himself? >> anderson, i'm from louisiana,...
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every $10 federal government comes up with, local government has to come up with a dollar. now here's the thing, when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waved the safford act saying we can't ask new york city to rebuild. they said, here's $10 and that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect you to come up with your own money. here's the money to rebuild. we are not going to wait for you to scratch it together. because you're part of the american family. >> what's happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your stafford act money? makes no sense. doesn't mean the bullet has been taken out. tells me that somehow the people down in new orleans don't care about as much. >> president obama, that was five years ago. you decide whether this shows a side of barack obama never been seen before as the daily collar suggests or if it's nothing new. some say the president is speaking in a different kind of voice than he does in other speeches. you can also decide the same thing about
every $10 federal government comes up with, local government has to come up with a dollar. now here's the thing, when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waved the safford act saying we can't ask new york city to rebuild. they said, here's $10 and that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect you to come up with your own money. here's the money to rebuild. we are not going to wait for you to scratch it together....
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the government proposing huge spending cuts in tax hikes to try to avoid a bailout. first, greece, protesters throwing firebombs and molotov cocktails today and unions went on strike to protest shrinking paychecks and rising retirement ages. here's the catch. the u.s. is facing similar tough choices. we racked up a crimintrillion d in debt this year. the u.s. is frozen, punting the fiscal football until after the election. let's bring in jim bolden from london. you've been covering europe's financial crisis. it is not just about math. this is about people, their futures, their lives. what are the lessons that the u.s. can learn here? >> the lesson any country can learn really is to do the budget c cuts. if you're going to do them while you're not in recession, while the markets aren't forcing you to do it. what spain and greece are doing is trying to cut the budget deficit with 25% unemployment, and doing it when bond yields are too high to be able to dip into the market, especially for greece. so these countries have been forced to do this by the markets, brooke, no
the government proposing huge spending cuts in tax hikes to try to avoid a bailout. first, greece, protesters throwing firebombs and molotov cocktails today and unions went on strike to protest shrinking paychecks and rising retirement ages. here's the catch. the u.s. is facing similar tough choices. we racked up a crimintrillion d in debt this year. the u.s. is frozen, punting the fiscal football until after the election. let's bring in jim bolden from london. you've been covering europe's...
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flag at government buildings. >> for all of those who have served our country so proudly we are here today for you. let's never forget the sacrifices that so many have made. >> the ceremony also paid tribute to charles county only soldiers still listed missing in action. he vanished in 1966 while on reconnaissance in vietnam. >> the longest serving civilian and the defense department and why he is still on the job after all these years. >> times have changed. you just have to be sensitive. >> find out who is responsible for no more father-daughter dance is in one of rhode island town. >> a new way to get through security without taking off your shoes or remove your computer from your bag. [ female announcer ] dear daughter, welcome to america. your share of obama's debt is over 50 thousand dollars, and it grows every day. obama's policies are making it harder on women. the poverty rate for women -- the highest in 17 years. more women are unemployed under president obama. more than five and a half million women can't find work. that's what obama's policies have done for women. welcome
flag at government buildings. >> for all of those who have served our country so proudly we are here today for you. let's never forget the sacrifices that so many have made. >> the ceremony also paid tribute to charles county only soldiers still listed missing in action. he vanished in 1966 while on reconnaissance in vietnam. >> the longest serving civilian and the defense department and why he is still on the job after all these years. >> times have changed. you just...
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this year, the federal government is spending just over 10 billion on prevent and treatment. law enforcement and corrections, just under 10. mitt romney has not outlined how he will allocate federal dollars, but both men say they have not in favor of legalizing marijuana and are emphatic that working closely with mexico which has used florida as a favorite drug route is a must. pilot says she would like more -- job lost in tough economic times. >> we live in a society of aggravate i aggravati aggravating stress. >> ironically, the most talked about campaign issue leading to one of the least. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >>> >>> when barack obama was elected in 2008, he was called the facebook president. in 2012, everyone's using social media, we'll look at how social media might make the difference come election day. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers t
this year, the federal government is spending just over 10 billion on prevent and treatment. law enforcement and corrections, just under 10. mitt romney has not outlined how he will allocate federal dollars, but both men say they have not in favor of legalizing marijuana and are emphatic that working closely with mexico which has used florida as a favorite drug route is a must. pilot says she would like more -- job lost in tough economic times. >> we live in a society of aggravate i...
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government controls due to their potential use in a wide range of military systems u.s. officials say that russia does not even produce many of those goods that they say for sure it was sending that does not produce that domestically but now again we need to underscore here that what the u.s. justice department is saying is that these goods were being exported without notifying the u.s. government or the department of commerce now the defendants will be arraigned in a houston u.s. courthouse and afterwards the government says it will seek to extradite them or to move them to the eastern district of new york where the indictment was filed for this this case why it's been filed in new york is not clear just yet officials have not disclosed those facts about the timing of this exposure one of the charges being pressed. well i mean clearly it's somewhat of a quince evince this story is breaking right now this big russian alleged russian spy network being stung by the f.b.i. it's breaking on the same day that the first u.s. presidential defeat is scheduled to take place by by
government controls due to their potential use in a wide range of military systems u.s. officials say that russia does not even produce many of those goods that they say for sure it was sending that does not produce that domestically but now again we need to underscore here that what the u.s. justice department is saying is that these goods were being exported without notifying the u.s. government or the department of commerce now the defendants will be arraigned in a houston u.s. courthouse...
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she's earning and getting government assistance. >> clearly she doesn't want to be getting government assistance. >> no. >> what she's looking to him for lpge off government re going to assistance. he can't quite seem to get there for her. >> no. ken, paul ryan was supposed to bring bold ideas and conservatives on board. you report he was supposedo help with a small dollar dons that romney has struggled to attract but it hn'tpp. who's to blame? is it mr. ryan or the stench? >> i don't know about the stench but that's -- zhou don't think it's the stench to blame? >> i do -- >> romney? >> romney has made itficu fo ryaau r like you said, paul ryan was brought on because of these bold ideas. most namely, the ryan plan, the ryan budget proposal. and no sooner had he been brought on, mitt romney was retreating from it and paul ryan was not referring to it at all. ,itt ryan -- zoo excuse me, mitt romney was -- >> just call him the stench. >> asking him about the $716 billion in medicare cuts that the paul ryan plan would put into effect, one of the more controversial portions of it. mitt rom
she's earning and getting government assistance. >> clearly she doesn't want to be getting government assistance. >> no. >> what she's looking to him for lpge off government re going to assistance. he can't quite seem to get there for her. >> no. ken, paul ryan was supposed to bring bold ideas and conservatives on board. you report he was supposedo help with a small dollar dons that romney has struggled to attract but it hn'tpp. who's to blame? is it mr. ryan or the...
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every $10 the federal government comes up with, the local government's got to give a dollar. now, here's the thing. when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waived the stafford act. said this is too serious a problem, we can't expect new york city to rebuild on its own. forget that dollar have you to put in. here's $10. that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect to you come up with your money, here. here's the money to rebuild. we are not going to wait for to you scratch it together because you are part of the american family. what's happening down in new orleans? where's your dollar? where's your stafford act mony? makes no sense. tells me the bullet hasn't been taken out. tells me that somehow the people down in new orleans, they don't care about as m >> greta: now, that was part of the speech that was not reported on in the 2008 presidential campaign. other parts were covered, but they were still controversial. one example, then senator obama, praising his controversial pastor reverend je
every $10 the federal government comes up with, the local government's got to give a dollar. now, here's the thing. when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waived the stafford act. said this is too serious a problem, we can't expect new york city to rebuild on its own. forget that dollar have you to put in. here's $10. that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect to you come up with your money, here. here's the...
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federal government officials have confirmed the committee that prior to the september 11 attacks, the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the letter goes on to detail a series of attacks and incidents in libya that formed the basis for those calls for more security resources, resources that the letter alleges were denied by officials in washington. we'll have more on that angle shortly. first, arwa damon joins me. she's back from libya and joins me here in new york. very good to see you safe and sound. walk me back. you were at the site three days after the attack. you have some still photographs that have never been seen before. describe what we see. >> well, the first in these photographs is basically the exterior of the main building at the compound itself. this is the building where the ambassador resided, and the right hand portion of the building is where the so-called safe room was supposed to be. as you can see, the burning all occurred inside the building itself. >> it doesn't look very touched on the outside. >> no. very much a lo
federal government officials have confirmed the committee that prior to the september 11 attacks, the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the letter goes on to detail a series of attacks and incidents in libya that formed the basis for those calls for more security resources, resources that the letter alleges were denied by officials in washington. we'll have more on that angle shortly. first, arwa damon joins me. she's back from libya and joins me...
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but i don't want to be dependent on the government." that's a pretty good indation of where that commenhas taken this campaign. e a ais if ry'mmen in television ads in ohio. it appears to be taking a toll on romney's number. the gallup tracking poll shod romney making up ground with president obama after the democratic national convention. a ek after the fund-raising deo was released by mother jones, obama has opened up a six-point lead. president obama was also in ohio today, delivering a knockout punch. and, oh, yes, he reminded ohio voters where mitt romney was when the state needed him at a ital te. >>n mypponent sa we should just let detroit go bankrupt, that would have meant walking away from an industry that supports one in eight ohio jobs. it supports busisses in 82 of 88 ohio counties so when he said that, i said, no, i'm going to bet on america. i'm betting on american workers. >>hio's 7.2% unemployment rate is directly linked to the auto scue, the loan. romney's campaign will live to regretledetroigo bankrupt," that editorial
but i don't want to be dependent on the government." that's a pretty good indation of where that commenhas taken this campaign. e a ais if ry'mmen in television ads in ohio. it appears to be taking a toll on romney's number. the gallup tracking poll shod romney making up ground with president obama after the democratic national convention. a ek after the fund-raising deo was released by mother jones, obama has opened up a six-point lead. president obama was also in ohio today, delivering a...
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government is treating this. as being a counter espionage i use it for them to have gotten five warrants they had to go on to a special court fice a court in order to secure the u.s. for its intelligence wire and secular stamps. well this could all come up between the two candidates in the u.s. presidential race of course when they have face to face debate skate calling den the late and wednesday we'll explore what else to explain a little later this hour. breaking news now just getting through to us again reports that turkey has struck targets in syria in response to any bombings from the syrian side that killed at least three people tonight in the wake of a series of terror attacks ripping through syria's largest city in aleppo more than forty people are dead over one hundred are engine men. food truck to the rubble after what had been suicide car blast targeting the military middle east correspondent the latest syrian state television is reporting that this is the work of terrorists and that dozens of people h
government is treating this. as being a counter espionage i use it for them to have gotten five warrants they had to go on to a special court fice a court in order to secure the u.s. for its intelligence wire and secular stamps. well this could all come up between the two candidates in the u.s. presidential race of course when they have face to face debate skate calling den the late and wednesday we'll explore what else to explain a little later this hour. breaking news now just getting through...
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you don't have the system to actually deal with this huge issue add to that the governments that have fallen, the new structures and these issues at the same time, it is not going to be easy. and we are taking action. it is more about having ladders of opportunity. we are working with partners and with the clinton initiative. we want to tap into the resources of many partners around the world. this is great. this is a food university. what is happening with farming is that the average age of farmers is 60. we are trying to bring cool back to farming to the university. the whole supply chain and we are bringing people around the world. we want to have it in africa. 60%. how are we going to feed them? 60% of amazing crops are stuck in africa and unused. and so we want to tap into that. we want to have it in the best way possible it is about technology and agriculture making farming cool again where young people come back into that field. >> we want female drivers for the tractors. >> hopefully yes. >> when we come back i'll ask my all-star panel is america the world leader it should be
you don't have the system to actually deal with this huge issue add to that the governments that have fallen, the new structures and these issues at the same time, it is not going to be easy. and we are taking action. it is more about having ladders of opportunity. we are working with partners and with the clinton initiative. we want to tap into the resources of many partners around the world. this is great. this is a food university. what is happening with farming is that the average age of...
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mitt romney thinks of people taking veteran's benefits as deped dedapts on government. thinks of them as the takers. we could have had 48,000 more of those takers if they hadn't been killed in vietnam when mitt romney was playing on the beach. mr. romney was reminded of that today. reminded that he and his fathers and sons did not serve in the wars of their era. he was reminded of that by a man whose family has done the opposite. in virginia today, center wepp said this good the people that mitt romney thinks of as takers. >> i grew up in the military. my dad was a pilot and i was a marine. my brother and son was a marine. i've worked on veteran's issues all of my adult life. governor romney and i are right about the same age young guys. like millions we came to adu adulthood facing the reality of the war. 2.7 million wept to war. took the lives of young americans and cost 300,000 wounds. during the year that i was in vietnam, 1969 our country lost twice as many dead as we have lost in iraq afghanistan combined over the past ten years of war. 68 was worse and 67 was the
mitt romney thinks of people taking veteran's benefits as deped dedapts on government. thinks of them as the takers. we could have had 48,000 more of those takers if they hadn't been killed in vietnam when mitt romney was playing on the beach. mr. romney was reminded of that today. reminded that he and his fathers and sons did not serve in the wars of their era. he was reminded of that by a man whose family has done the opposite. in virginia today, center wepp said this good the people that...
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government money being handed out. why should they take it? if we are dumb enough, if our administration is dumb enough to it terry pick solid companies no matter if the chinese are killing us or not, which they are, as you just pointed out , why should they take their money? is legal. >> you know, not going to argue that point. of course it's legal. this low was approved more than a year ago in august of last year by secretary to. it's about politics, not the ability of the market to make these companies work. you can see that by looking at what the secretary said when the loan was approved. he said that programs like this can, what is it -- they are key to our future energy independence. ever hear a politician use the word energy independence, run because it will be asking for money soon for some favored project which is what is happening with this one. cheryl: the house did pass that no more solyndra act, and i'm curious why this particular project -- i understand it will create jobs. portland, oregon. fair enough. but if we pass that no mo
government money being handed out. why should they take it? if we are dumb enough, if our administration is dumb enough to it terry pick solid companies no matter if the chinese are killing us or not, which they are, as you just pointed out , why should they take their money? is legal. >> you know, not going to argue that point. of course it's legal. this low was approved more than a year ago in august of last year by secretary to. it's about politics, not the ability of the market to...
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the government says teenaged drinking and driving is down a full 54% since 1991. the asterisk here is, because of gas prices on track for a record this year, people are driving less overall. sadly, the bad news is, texting at the wheel, still a big problem and electronics in general remain a huge distraction. >>> consumer reports is out with a big one. the best products of the year issue. it's full of interesting information for folks who are in the market for just about everything from ginsu knives to washers and dryers where lg comes out on top, from cameras, to mowers to paint, vacuums, big screen tv's. it's all there. you can link to it all on our website starting tonight nbcnightlynews.com. >>> up next, texans are proud of a lot of things. tonight one big thing may be vanishing. >>> it's been going on for decades. americans have been moving from the north to the south. it turns out all those relative newcomers to a place like texas means a lot of the folks living in texas don't sound much like texans. our report tonight from chicago-born, houston-area residen
the government says teenaged drinking and driving is down a full 54% since 1991. the asterisk here is, because of gas prices on track for a record this year, people are driving less overall. sadly, the bad news is, texting at the wheel, still a big problem and electronics in general remain a huge distraction. >>> consumer reports is out with a big one. the best products of the year issue. it's full of interesting information for folks who are in the market for just about everything...
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government deny he was ever a spy. amir remains in prison in iran, and has no idea that his father is dying. dr. ryan baird is the neurosurgeon treating his father. >> it is stressful enough dealing with the surgery and the diagnosis and the coming treatment, there is no doubt in my mind that any other family or personal issues are going to make it more challenging. >> reporter: so with president mahmoud ahmadinejad in new york now, they say they are putting themselves at his mercy. >> i'm sure that he's going to hear my voice. he's in the united states, he is going to listen to me. and hear me. i just want him to hear my voice as a mother, don't destroy this family. please don't destroy this family, bring amir home. amir is the heart of this family. >> reporter: now facing an incurable cancer, he says he cannot accept the fact that he may never see his son again. >> that's my biggest fear, that i may not see him. and that's my last wish to see my son and hug him and kiss him before i pass to the other side. >> reporte
government deny he was ever a spy. amir remains in prison in iran, and has no idea that his father is dying. dr. ryan baird is the neurosurgeon treating his father. >> it is stressful enough dealing with the surgery and the diagnosis and the coming treatment, there is no doubt in my mind that any other family or personal issues are going to make it more challenging. >> reporter: so with president mahmoud ahmadinejad in new york now, they say they are putting themselves at his mercy....
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and what is the signal that our government is sending the rest of the world? >> joining me now is traveling press secretary for the obama campaign. great to hav you here >> goodmorning. >>t tmivedy that if we need to interrupt and jump out of this because mitt romney will be sitting down with brian williams. so i just want to give you fair warning that we may have to jump over tohat. but as we have heard, everybody has been tough on the predent oue idt not having any by lot ral melateral meetin planned and here's what he had to say. >> he's not doing the jobf being president, he's doi the job of candidate. president obama has deced at a ti grave csis thate res um toaha he can take the time not to be president for the next six weeks and let it just play itself out p. >> as we look back over history in 2004, george w. busheld five bilateral meetings at the u.n., last year president obama had 13 one-on-one meetings. just usi the esident'n plf inrot year, is this a missed opportunity to meet with the current leaders at the u.n. and also allow republicans the sclan
and what is the signal that our government is sending the rest of the world? >> joining me now is traveling press secretary for the obama campaign. great to hav you here >> goodmorning. >>t tmivedy that if we need to interrupt and jump out of this because mitt romney will be sitting down with brian williams. so i just want to give you fair warning that we may have to jump over tohat. but as we have heard, everybody has been tough on the predent oue idt not having any by lot...
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government? >> that means exactly that. i'm trying to be vague. yeah, we've obviously, when somebody from a presidential delegation stays here after they've been here for limited purpose, the government's going to have an interest here, and justifiably so, in who they are, and why have they stayed here. >> why is he afraid for his safety? you said he's afraid for his safety. is he afraid for his safety, why? >> here in the united states? yes, because of the iranian government has a fairly long reach. they have an expensive and a fairly sophisticated, you know, spy network in countries around the world. and so he's obviously concerned about repercussions, and retaliation against him here. >> all right, paul o'dwyer when the time is right and it is safe enough we would love to speak to your client. seems like he has a lot to say and it would be fascinating. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ahead on "starting point," a leap of faith. a man escapes his burning home by falling into the arms of his
government? >> that means exactly that. i'm trying to be vague. yeah, we've obviously, when somebody from a presidential delegation stays here after they've been here for limited purpose, the government's going to have an interest here, and justifiably so, in who they are, and why have they stayed here. >> why is he afraid for his safety? you said he's afraid for his safety. is he afraid for his safety, why? >> here in the united states? yes, because of the iranian government...
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victoria says low downpayments aren't as risky as more government medaling. vicky, explain the flip side. >> this medaling is nonsensical. they want to say you have to over 10% on a downpayment when the national average is a little over 12%. so all you're going to do is hurt banks and borrowers, borrowers who are great borrowers, right? these are people with high credit. really nice incomes. people who banks say, well, yeah, they should get lower than the average of 12%. so it's nonsensical in that it doesn't touch most of the market. you're just hurting good borrowers. >> david: mark, is it good or bad to have the government getting in here? >> i think it's good. i don't think we've learned our lesson here. look what happened to the great meltdown in the last several years. there was lots of speculation, lots of people who were poorly qualified, could not pay the mortgages, and we ended up making mortgages to poor credits, and we bundled this and sold this in the secondary markets where there was even more speculation. when are we going to learn there needs
victoria says low downpayments aren't as risky as more government medaling. vicky, explain the flip side. >> this medaling is nonsensical. they want to say you have to over 10% on a downpayment when the national average is a little over 12%. so all you're going to do is hurt banks and borrowers, borrowers who are great borrowers, right? these are people with high credit. really nice incomes. people who banks say, well, yeah, they should get lower than the average of 12%. so it's...
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host: here is a tweet - caller: the issue no taxes and the demonizing of government and the role government plays in our role lives and can play -- as getting one of social security or who as medicare. we know what a positive role it can play. there should be a full discussion of this in the media. i remember being at the republican convention. they had d'amato "we built it -- they had the motto "we built it," malkin president obama. -- mocking president obama. then seeing nikki haley mocking them. this is quite astounding. there is billions of dollars from the united states. be honest about it -- let's have some fact-based journalism. they had a debt clock that the convention. it was going up really fast. as i saw that slogan "we built it" and i saw the dead going up, yes, they built the debt. it is no one person or party. it is about a government that we have to all decide how to care for the people of this country. how do we insure that all the people who worked their whole lives are not foreclosed on and living on the street? host: amy goodman is the host of "democracy now." and an auth
host: here is a tweet - caller: the issue no taxes and the demonizing of government and the role government plays in our role lives and can play -- as getting one of social security or who as medicare. we know what a positive role it can play. there should be a full discussion of this in the media. i remember being at the republican convention. they had d'amato "we built it -- they had the motto "we built it," malkin president obama. -- mocking president obama. then seeing nikki...
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there are so many bad things the government has done. i'm not willing to take a risk and risk my capital right now even with demand out there. melissa: peter, what do you think the government could do to create jobs right now? it is very easy to stand on the sidelines and throw stones what is going on. but is there one solid concrete thing they could do? >> yeah. i think they could focus on the trade deficit with china because the money goes to china is money that leaves but doesn't come back to, buy foreign products but doesn't buy american products. that is one problem. the other is, if we develop more domestic energy even consuming same amount that is much less for the middle east that doesn't come back. finally, i think, small businesses could use a lot of help from the banks. that is banks were more able and ready to lend. and recognizing that the, the banking crisis that we had in 2008 and nine wasn't from lack of regulation but it was failure of regulations we had. melissa: yeah. >> dodd-frank was really more than we needed. sarba
there are so many bad things the government has done. i'm not willing to take a risk and risk my capital right now even with demand out there. melissa: peter, what do you think the government could do to create jobs right now? it is very easy to stand on the sidelines and throw stones what is going on. but is there one solid concrete thing they could do? >> yeah. i think they could focus on the trade deficit with china because the money goes to china is money that leaves but doesn't come...
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so the question is for you an governance perspective, you are dealing with an economy that has grown at a rate that nobody is happy with so what are you going to do? >> we need every single voter engaged. as you know from your lifetime in politics elections are long and very complicated processes, a lot can happen in 40 days, so we'll keep pushing forward until the end of this thing. in terms of the economic questions for the president he is going to do what he has done throughout this campaign, where we started and what he inherited. we boss 3.5 million jobs headed into the first six months before he took the oaf value office. and what he has done to move us forward. and we're going to talk about the things we want to do and the plans he has to move us forward. some of the plans are on the table and have been obstructed by congress like the american jobs act, and some of these plans he has outlined on the stump and in our advertising, in terms of the energy solution investments in education and infrastructure. so we'll talk about how to move forward billing off of the last four year
so the question is for you an governance perspective, you are dealing with an economy that has grown at a rate that nobody is happy with so what are you going to do? >> we need every single voter engaged. as you know from your lifetime in politics elections are long and very complicated processes, a lot can happen in 40 days, so we'll keep pushing forward until the end of this thing. in terms of the economic questions for the president he is going to do what he has done throughout this...
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that government is an independent government and it will defend itself. they did not accept this. some furnished weapons and when clashes start, no one displays any mercy. they kill, the other side kills in return and it never stops. >> is iran selling weapons to the syrian government and if it's not selling weapons, are you aware of iranian weapons being given to the syrian government? >> translator: i believe that there are many ahead of line in supplying weapons to sides and it would never reach our turn. it's quite clear who those individuals are, who those countries are. >> were you pleased that osama bin laden was killed by american navy s.e.a.l.s on the instructions of president obama? >> translator: i would have been happier to see a transparent trial, a formal trial, and find out the root causes of all of the events of the last few years. >> you have been reported as saying that you believe it is possible that the american government were partly responsible for the events of 9/11. that caused a huge outrage. do you stand by that position? >> translator: of course the poll
that government is an independent government and it will defend itself. they did not accept this. some furnished weapons and when clashes start, no one displays any mercy. they kill, the other side kills in return and it never stops. >> is iran selling weapons to the syrian government and if it's not selling weapons, are you aware of iranian weapons being given to the syrian government? >> translator: i believe that there are many ahead of line in supplying weapons to sides and it...
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the whole fellow government wanted jp morgan to buy bear stearns as part of the federal government to avoid a melt down and now they are coming back and suing jp morgan. is this a crude ploy or a popular thing? >> this committee that he sent up to fine banks to cause the melt down, is the first part if you will. their evidence came out and they testified in 2010. they had this information for years. he has been able to use the last two years of the stuff. >> the martin act which hardly ever works. >> eliot spitzer lost every single thing. there is nothing worse than eliot spitzer. where does he come off? >> here is jp morgan stepping up to the plate and they buy bear sterns and the whole mortgage portfolio that they had. where do they come off suing jp morgan? >> if you want to go after the dumb trades go after the individuals in bear sterns? why sue the whole individuals of bear morgan? >> it is going to go well beyond what is happening right now. obama doesn't care. i think he is coming out looking very bad, larry. >> i want to get a quick take before we bring the members in here. t
the whole fellow government wanted jp morgan to buy bear stearns as part of the federal government to avoid a melt down and now they are coming back and suing jp morgan. is this a crude ploy or a popular thing? >> this committee that he sent up to fine banks to cause the melt down, is the first part if you will. their evidence came out and they testified in 2010. they had this information for years. he has been able to use the last two years of the stuff. >> the martin act which...
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this comes at a report from the federal government. sales of new homes held pretty steady in august. you can see they were down a little bit from july. take a look. but way up from over one year ago. check this out in terms of prices of new homes, they jumped 11% from july. and they're up a whopping 17% from last year. morgan brennan covers real estate as a staff writer for forbes. nice to see you. >> hi. >> question is, is this the real deal? is this the real rebound in the housing market? >> i actually do believe this is the beginnings of recovery and i stress the beginnings of recovery. i do think we're starting to see a rebound, it is very localized. i think real estate needs to be taken, you need to look at it according to your own local neighborhood. on a national level, we're starting to seat numbers rise for a reason. i think we are potentially at the upswing of the second half of a u curve where housing is concerned. that recovery will be slow. there is a lot of questions including fiscal cliffs, political elections, that stan
this comes at a report from the federal government. sales of new homes held pretty steady in august. you can see they were down a little bit from july. take a look. but way up from over one year ago. check this out in terms of prices of new homes, they jumped 11% from july. and they're up a whopping 17% from last year. morgan brennan covers real estate as a staff writer for forbes. nice to see you. >> hi. >> question is, is this the real deal? is this the real rebound in the housing...